Dear Esther
- February 14, 2012
- The Chinese Room
- 3h median play time
A trip through a brilliantly conceived landscape that rewards attentive engagement with a moving story
Dear Esther is a ghost story, told using first-person gaming technologies. Rather than traditional game-play the focus here is on exploration, uncovering the mystery of the island, of who you are and why you are here. Fragments of story are randomly uncovered when exploring the various locations of the island, making every each journey a unique experience.
Mac OS
PC
Playstation 4
Xbox One
PlayStation
Xbox
Reviews
Audience ScoreBased on 3,067 reviews
story558 positive mentions
replayability19 negative mentions
- story2,041 mentions
- 27 % positive mentions
- 69 % neutral mentions
- 4 % negative mentions
- graphics610 mentions
- 63 % positive mentions
- 34 % neutral mentions
- 3 % negative mentions
- music550 mentions
- 59 % positive mentions
- 39 % neutral mentions
- 2 % negative mentions
- gameplay331 mentions
- 13 % positive mentions
- 75 % neutral mentions
- 12 % negative mentions
- atmosphere323 mentions
- 73 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 2 % negative mentions
Positive mentions (%)Positive
Neutral mentions (%)Neutral
Negative mentions (%)Negative
Critic Reviews
70% average critic score
